ELT World News

Why use an essay writing service?

2011-09-28T12:08:55Z

To be able to get high-quality grades and keep away from humiliation and chastisement, students need to write non-plagiarized essays. Illegal use of another’s work is a fundamental academic crime and people can and will be harshly punished – to the extent of being thrown out of their academic institution.

Basically, if you’re a student, don’t plagiarize an essay because your educator will be aware of it immediately. We all know that making inquiries and then getting down to writing is not always straightforward, so a lot of companies have been set up to deliver brand new essays for those who wish to use their services. It is easy now to buy custom essays online.

Some of these companies might offer you a free original essay, but don’t be fooled by this. You will probably be tempted to buy custom term papers and turn them in to your teacher. However, a large amount of these freebies are not brand new, unique essays.

You will find that such documents will only ever lead to your ultimate failure. Order from a company that writes original works and you will at least get a non-plagiarized piece of work. Look for companies that use writers who possess excellence in research and writing skills. If you have overcome the ethical dilemma of paying for someone to do your writing and are ready to buy essay papers online, make sure you don’t go to a company whose writers directly copy information without referencing, more than ever if your topic is multifaceted in nature.

Berlitz eyes expansion of online lessons after Japanese earthquake

2011-05-02T11:13:02Z

Japan: Teaching-English-in-Japan-Education-Yukako Yukako Uchinaga, CEO of Berlitz has cited worried teachers leaving Japan and the threat of blackouts as having had a significant effect on the language school operator’s business immediately following the March 11th earthquake, with 40% of its teachers becoming unavailable. She noted that the Bennesse subsidiary has consequently realized “the need to change how we offer lessons”.

Speaking to the Nikkei Marketing Journal, Uchinaga commented that online lessons “had little support within Berlitz before the disaster. [Classroom-based lesson] are important, of course, but as we were forced to close classrooms after the quake, many of our employees realized the importance of having another teaching style”.

Language Testing Rules Criticized as Unrealistic

2011-04-13T13:18:57Z

Tennessee – US: Shuler Pelham spent Wednesday morning trying to explain to a 15-year-old Mexican boy why he should come to school. The teen arrived in Nashville in March, attended one week at Overton High in August and then disappeared. A truancy court ordered him back to Overton.

Read more on this here.

DODEA teachers step into war zone to teach English to Afghans

2011-01-10T11:33:12Z

Afghanistan & Japan: When Pamela Tucker last deployed to Iraq, she wore a uniform and carried a weapon. On her current deployment to Afghanistan, notes Stars and Stripes website, she’s armed only with the language course curriculum that she uses to teach Afghans English.

Tucker, a Department of Defense Education Activity teacher from Misawa Air Base, Japan, leads a small team of Civilian Expeditionary Workforce employees who teach Afghan military, police and government employees at oftentimes Spartan locations across the country.

Iran: ILI to host conference on ELT in the Islamic world

2010-12-01T11:48:49Z

Forget TESOL Arabia (which apparently doesn’t occur annually in the Islamic world)!

The Iran Language Institute (ILI), one of the leading language teaching centers in Iran, will hold the First Conference on ELT in the Islamic World from December 1st to 3rd in Tehran, notes the Tehran Times.

The objective of this conference is to enhance the understanding of English language training and the use of ELT theories in second language classes by practitioners and further develop its relationship with other disciplines such as discourse analysis, inter-language pragmatics, and sociolinguistics.

Learning English: The Vietnamese have wide knowledge, but they are too shy to speak

2010-11-30T09:50:44Z

Vietnam: Learning English has become a norm in Vietnam. Everyone thinks that they must speak fluent English in order to get good jobs in this period of globalization. English language centres have been mushrooming in the past few years to satisfy the increasingly high demand.

The centres prove to be the most suitable places to learn English, states VietnamNet website, because they offer classes to all, from university students, who need to practise English, to those who work during the day and can only study English in the evening. However, English language experts have pointed out that the method of teaching English used by these centres is “problematic”.

Pakistan: The ‘lost generation’ in Swat Valley

2010-11-30T09:33:53Z

The Pakistani government has yet to rebuild any of the 159 fully destroyed schools that were bombed by the Taliban. As a result, students are furious, notes the New York Times..

Rwanda: 900 English tutors are to train local teachers

2010-11-30T10:01:10Z

Rwanda & South Africa: The government, through the Teacher’s Service Commission, has selected 949 English tutors to train local primary and secondary school teachers how to appropriately conduct lessons in English.

Notes AllAfrica.com, The selection follows the Ministry of Education advertisement seeking 1000 teachers from neighbouring countries, after the country’s switch from French to English as the language of instruction in schools.

Vietnam: English centres mushroom in Ha Noi

2010-11-30T10:05:27Z

Hanoi, Vietnam: Youngsters in Ha Noi have rushed to take part in English classes at centres throughout the capital in an effort to learn and improve their English but unfortunately, finding a quality course with affordable fee is not easy, said Hanoian Bui Thi Uyen.

Uyen said she has moved her children from one English centre to another, reports VietNamNews, but still hasn’t found a top notch option at an affordable price.

“My children wanted to take extra English lessons at a centre in addition to their school curriculum but the teaching quality at many centres is still low,” said Uyen.

Nigeria harnesses the power of ‘Pidgin English’

2010-11-30T10:00:31Z

Nigeria: Work has started to study and standardise a language spoken by millions but denied official status, raising hopes for education and communication across West Africa.

From the Guardian:

A source of news is Wazobia FM, the first radio station in Nigeria to broadcast in Pidgin and registering huge audiences as a result. The station’s newsreaders report on the impending monsoon in south-east Asia: “Dem dey run comot for dem house” (People are fleeing their homes).